Jim Snidero – Live at the Deer Head Inn (Savant SCD 2193. Album review by Sebastian Scotney) This album documents that rarest of events from the past few months: a live jazz […]
Jim Snidero – ‘Live at the Deer Head Inn’
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Ten Tracks by Jimmy Rowles I can’t do without – by Alex Webb
Pianist Jimmy Rowles (1918-1996) is something of an insider name, writes songwriter/arranger/pianist Alex Webb (*), but most jazz listeners will have heard him in some or other context whether they realise it […]
Georgia Mancio and Alan Broadbent – ‘Quiet Is The Star’
Georgia Mancio and Alan Broadbent – Quiet Is The Star (Roomspin Records. Album review by Denny Ilett) That glorious body of 20th Century musical work known as The Great American Songbook has […]
Neil Ardley – ‘Kaleidoscope of Rainbows – Live ‘75’
Neil Ardley – Kaleidoscope of Rainbows – Live ‘75 (Jazz in Britain JIB-21-S-CD/JIB-21-S-DL. Album Review by Jon Turney) Neil Ardley, active in UK jazz mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, left a […]
Stefanos Tsourelis Trio – ‘The Wanderer’
Stefanos Tsourelis Trio – The Wanderer (Self-release*. CD Review by Alison Bentley) Oud, guitar, jazz, and Greek and Turkish music – Stefanos Tsourelis describes himself as “…a musical wanderer, travelling to different […]
Birthday Greetings to Mike Westbrook at 85
A central figure in UK and European jazz, Mike Westbrook, is 85 today, 21 March 2021. We (+) invited friends, colleagues and fans to wish him a very happy birthday. Alessandro Achilli: […]
Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen – ‘Live Recordings 2019-2020’
Timo Lassy & Teppo Mäkynen – Live Recordings 2019-2020 (We Jazz Records WJCD32. Album Review by Adam Sieff) Two’s company, especially when it comes to saxophonists and drummers. Just listen to Binker […]
Logan Richardson ‘Afrofuturism’ – (album released on Whirlwind Recordings)
With his new album, “Afrofuturism”, Kansas City-born alto saxophonist Logan Richardson has started to achieve a number of long-held ambitions. He describes his processes, methods and objectives to Martin Longley: Right at […]
Jeff Colella – ‘Love Music and it will love you back: Essays on Music’
Jeff Colella – Love Music and it will love you back: Essays on Music (Mouthpiece Music. 118pp. e-book review by John Arnett) How to distil the essence of music and music making, […]
new jazzahead! / Int Jazz Day Co-Operation: Monika Grütters + Dee Dee Bridgewater to speak, Markus Stockhausen Group + Kris Davis to perform
jazzahead! has just announced a new co-operation arrangement with the UNESCO-led International Jazz Day for this year’s digital edition. German Minister Monika Grütters and Dee Dee Bridgewater are announced as speakers for […]
Lionel Loueke at Unterfahrt Munich (Instant Tour 2021)
Lionel Loueke (Unterfahrt Munich, 13 March 2021. Live review by Ralf Dombrowski) Review of a live concert at Unterfahrt. English version (*) first, then Ralf Dombrowski’s original German Tours these days aren’t […]
Jazz Winners at the 2021 Grammys
At the 2021 Grammys held on 14 March in LA, jazz and jazz-related winners included: Chick Corea (two), Maria Schneider (two), Kurt Elling/Danilo Perez, Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, […]
Adrian Younge – ‘The American Negro’
Adrian Younge – The American Negro (Jazz Is Dead Records – Album Review by Jane Mann) Californian lawyer-turned-musician Adrian Younge is a composer, recording engineer and producer who adores classic soul music. […]
Joachim Kühn – ‘Touch the Light’
Joachim Kühn – Touch the Light (ACT 9766-2. Album Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Put the words ‘music’ and ‘Ibiza’ in the same sentence and many people will visualise either superstar DJs pumping […]
Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra – ‘100. The Unreleased WDR Jazz Recordings 1957-1974’
Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra – 100. The Unreleased WDR Jazz Recordings 1957-1974 (Jazzline Classics D 77091. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This 3-CD box set of unreleased recordings by the Kurt […]
